Cranford — Page 4
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"You must keep thinking about the time, my dear, and not allow yourself to forget it in conversation."
"Você deve continuar pensando no horário, minha querida, e não se permitir esquecê-lo durante a conversa."
As everybody had this rule in their minds, whether they received or paid a call, of course no absorbing subject was ever spoken about.
Como todos tinham essa regra em mente, quer recebessem ou fizessem uma visita, naturalmente nenhum assunto absorvente era jamais discutido.
We kept ourselves to short sentences of small talk, and were punctual to our time.
Limitávamo-nos a frases curtas de conversa fiada, e éramos pontuais com o nosso tempo.
I imagine that a few of the gentlefolks of Cranford were poor, and had some difficulty in making both ends meet; but they were like the Spartans, and concealed their smart under a smiling face.
Imagino que algumas das pessoas distintas de Cranford eram pobres e tinham alguma dificuldade em fazer as contas fecharem; mas eram como os espartanos, e ocultavam o seu sofrimento sob uma face sorridente.
We none of us spoke of money, because that subject savoured of commerce and trade, and though some might be poor, we were all aristocratic.
Nenhum de nós falava de dinheiro, porque esse assunto cheirava a comércio e negócios, e embora alguns pudessem ser pobres, éramos todos aristocráticos.
The Cranfordians had that kindly _esprit de corps_ which made them overlook all deficiencies in success when some among them tried to conceal their poverty.
Os cranfordianos tinham aquele bondoso _esprit de corps_ que os fazia ignorar todas as deficiências de êxito quando alguns entre eles tentavam ocultar a sua pobreza.
Vocabulary
- Você
- VOH-say — Second person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- deve
- DEH-vee — Third person singular of 'dever'; means 'must/should'
- continuar
- kon-tee-NWAR — To continue or keep doing something
- pensando
- pen-SAN-doo — Present participle of 'pensar'; meaning 'thinking'
- horário
- oh-RAH-ree-oo — Schedule, timetable, or designated time for something
- minha
- MEEN-yah — Feminine possessive pronoun meaning 'my'
- querida
- keh-REE-dah — Term of endearment meaning 'dear' or 'darling'
- permitir
- pehr-mee-TEER — To allow or permit something or someone
- esquecê-lo
- ehs-keh-SEH-loo — To forget it; infinitive with clitic pronoun attached
- durante
- doo-RAN-tee — Preposition meaning 'during' a period of time
- conversa
- kon-VEHR-sah — A conversation or informal talk between people
- todos
- TOH-doos — Plural pronoun or adjective meaning 'everyone/all'
- tinham
- TEEN-yam — Past tense of 'ter'; meaning 'they had'
- regra
- HEH-grah — A rule or regulation to be followed
- mente
- MEN-tee — The mind or mental faculty of a person
- quer
- KEHR — Whether; also third person of 'querer' meaning 'wants'
- recebessem
- heh-seh-BEH-sem — Imperfect subjunctive of 'receber'; meaning 'they received'
- fizessem
- fee-ZEH-sem — Imperfect subjunctive of 'fazer'; meaning 'they made/did'
- visita
- vee-ZEE-tah — A visit or the act of visiting someone
- naturalmente
- nah-too-ral-MEN-tee — Adverb meaning 'naturally' or 'of course'
- nenhum
- neh-NYUM — Negative adjective/pronoun meaning 'no' or 'none'
- assunto
- ah-SUN-too — A subject, topic, or matter under discussion
- absorvente
- ab-sohr-VEN-tee — Absorbing; captivating or engrossing one's full attention
- jamais
- zhah-MAYS — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever' (literary)
- discutido
- dees-koo-CHEE-doo — Past participle of 'discutir'; meaning 'discussed'
- Limitávamo-nos
- lee-mee-TAH-vah-moo-noos — We limited ourselves; reflexive imperfect first person plural
- frases
- FRAH-zes — Plural of 'frase'; meaning 'sentences' or 'phrases'
- curtas
- KOOR-tahs — Feminine plural adjective meaning 'short' or 'brief'
- éramos
- EH-rah-moos — Imperfect of 'ser'; meaning 'we were'
- pontuais
- pon-TWAIS — Adjective meaning 'punctual' or 'on time'
- Imagino
- ee-mah-ZHEE-noo — First person singular of 'imaginar'; meaning 'I imagine'
- algumas
- al-GOO-mahs — Feminine plural indefinite pronoun meaning 'some'
- pessoas
- peh-SOH-ahs — Plural of 'pessoa'; meaning 'people' or 'persons'
- distintas
- dees-TEEN-tahs — Adjective meaning 'distinguished' or 'notable' people
- pobres
- POH-brees — Plural adjective meaning 'poor' or lacking financial means
- alguma
- al-GOO-mah — Indefinite pronoun/adjective meaning 'some' (feminine singular)
- dificuldade
- dee-fee-kool-DAH-dee — Noun meaning 'difficulty' or a challenging situation
- contas
- KON-tahs — Bills, accounts, or financial calculations to be settled
- fecharem
- feh-SHAH-rem — Future subjunctive of 'fechar'; meaning 'to close/balance'
- ocultavam
- oh-kool-TAH-vam — Imperfect of 'ocultar'; meaning 'they were hiding'
- sofrimento
- soh-free-MEN-too — Suffering or pain endured by a person
- face
- FAH-see — Face or surface; outward appearance presented to others
- sorridente
- soh-hee-DEN-tee — Adjective meaning 'smiling' or having a cheerful expression
- falava
- fah-LAH-vah — Imperfect of 'falar'; meaning 'spoke' or 'used to speak'
- dinheiro
- dee-NYAY-roo — Money or currency used in financial transactions
- cheirava
- shay-RAH-vah — Imperfect of 'cheirar'; meaning 'it smelled of'
- comércio
- koh-MEHR-see-oo — Commerce or trade involving buying and selling goods
- negócios
- neh-GOH-see-oos — Plural of 'negócio'; meaning 'business' or 'dealings'
- embora
- em-BOH-rah — Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- pudessem
- poo-DEH-sem — Imperfect subjunctive of 'poder'; meaning 'they could'
- bondoso
- bon-DOH-zoo — Adjective meaning 'kind' or 'good-natured'
- fazia
- fah-ZEE-ah — Imperfect of 'fazer'; meaning 'made' or 'caused them to'
- ignorar
- eeg-noh-RAR — To ignore or overlook something deliberately
- deficiências
- deh-fee-see-EN-see-ahs — Plural of 'deficiência'; meaning 'deficiencies' or 'shortcomings'
- êxito
- EH-shee-too — Success or a positive outcome of an effort
- tentavam
- ten-TAH-vam — Imperfect of 'tentar'; meaning 'they were trying'
- ocultar
- oh-kool-TAR — To hide or conceal something from others
- pobreza
- poh-BREH-zah — Noun meaning 'poverty' or state of being poor
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